Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 36 km W of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 36 km W of Sand Point, Alaska on Fri, Jan 1, 2021, 5:46 PM AKST (02:46 UTC), 78 km (49 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 75 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-01-02 02:46:14 UTC
Depth
78.4 km (48.7 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
55.313° N, 161.077° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used
19

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 137 in the 60 days after this one and 88 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.289 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 1.875 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 70 km deep · 59 km away
  3. 1.886 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 1.962 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 18 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 2.681 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 1.992 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 2.065 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 27 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 2.123 km SSE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 146 km deep · 56 km away
  9. 1.938 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 78 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 1.967 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 18 km deep · 66 km away
  11. 1.936 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
  12. 1.87 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 104 km deep · 78 km away
  13. 3.996 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 38 km deep · 93 km away
  14. 1.819 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 94 km deep · 69 km away
  15. 2.065 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 39 km deep · 100 km away
  16. 1.678 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 16 km deep · 69 km away
  17. 2.780 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
  18. 2.073 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 11 km deep · 100 km away
  19. 2.692 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
  20. 2.782 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 23 km deep · 67 km away
  21. 2.157 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 23 km deep · 73 km away
  22. 2.248 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 21 km deep · 79 km away
  23. 2.384 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
  24. 1.661 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  25. 2.058 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 75 km deep · 23 km away
  26. 3.190 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  27. 3.052 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 56 km deep · 78 km away
  28. 2.066 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
  29. 1.680 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
  30. 1.883 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 20 km deep · 79 km away
  31. 3.774 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 48 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  32. 1.678 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
  33. 2.078 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 17 km deep · 69 km away
  34. 1.874 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 22 km deep · 71 km away
  35. 1.674 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  36. 1.875 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 21 km deep · 77 km away
  37. 2.7Alaska Peninsula · 2080 days ago · 74 km deep · 53 km away
  38. 1.880 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
  39. 3.276 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 23 km deep · 78 km away
  40. 2.280 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 29 km deep · 79 km away
  41. 2.9Alaska Peninsula · 2077 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
  42. 2.349 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  43. 3.090 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 27 km deep · 79 km away
  44. 4.251 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 43 km deep · 67 km away
  45. 2.970 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 27 km deep · 88 km away
  46. 1.956 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  47. 2.549 km E of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 137 km deep · 93 km away
  48. 1.945 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 63 km deep · 60 km away
  49. 2.052 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 21 km deep · 73 km away
  50. 1.939 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
  51. 2.058 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 20 km deep · 71 km away
  52. 2.056 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 27 km deep · 72 km away
  53. 2.371 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
  54. 2.053 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
  55. 1.661 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 21 km deep · 92 km away
  56. 1.968 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 21 km deep · 95 km away
  57. 2.381 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 24 km deep · 96 km away
  58. 1.750 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 47 km deep · 96 km away
  59. 1.714 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 60 km deep · 36 km away
  60. 1.843 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 59 km deep · 25 km away

The first 60 of 137.

Before

  1. 2.066 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 20 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 2.987 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 22 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 2.067 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
  4. 2.076 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 16 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 2.0105 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
  6. 1.563 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 24 km deep · 75 km away
  7. 1.856 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 22 km deep · 71 km away
  8. 1.864 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 21 km deep · 66 km away
  9. 2.355 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 27 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 1.954 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 25 km deep · 71 km away
  11. 2.783 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 31 km deep · 75 km away
  12. 1.943 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
  13. 2.176 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 16 km deep · 65 km away
  14. 1.74 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 85 km deep · 80 km away
  15. 1.976 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
  16. 1.966 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
  17. 2.357 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 57 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 2.774 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 16 km deep · 97 km away
  19. 1.946 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 64 km deep · 58 km away
  20. 2.017 km NNW of King Cove, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 134 km deep · 87 km away

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